Id AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



raspberry and milkweeds all yield surplus under favorable conditions. 

 Basswood, locust maple and clethra are among the valuable trees and 

 shrubs. Fruit bloom, wrillow, etc., are important in early spring. Some 

 honey from tobacco is reported in Connecticut. 



(U. S. Department of Agriculture. J 



CORAL BEAN or FRIJOLILLO (Sophora secundiflora). 



The coral bean is a small tree common along the streams of Texas 

 and New Mexico, and southward to the interior of Mexico. The Mexicans 

 call it frijolillo. The beans are said by Coulter to be used by the Indians 

 as an intoxicant. The beans are round and red and as large as small mar- 



